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@magnificent-geoffrey I’ll happily step in if so many are absent.

And I’ve forgotten, Spud can’t make it either. So that’s five of us not showing up and I have no idea if Ads or David-A will make it too. It’s pretty disappointing, if I’m honest. Especially when I set these dates months in advance and everyone who signed up said they would commit to making the full schedule.

I understand that offline things get in the way and are more important, but how many are we going to get today? Less than 10? That’s not really what I wanted.

@Formula-1 I thought Magffrey was a dictator? Do you not still hate him?

@Ads21 @david-a

sorry i hadn’t been in touch before the race i thought mag knew i could make it. Anyway sorry about the first corner tangle, i got tagged from behind and spun one of the sauber’s completely unintentially. Had great fun though, anyway up for some more casual races now?

The Collantine Cup – Season 2: Round 2 (Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi)

Race Results After 23 Laps:

Winner: ed24f1 – Lotus – 35:30.587 (25 points)

2nd: Magnificent Geoffrey – Sauber +18.987 (18 points)

3rd: damonsmedley – Red Bull +1:02.744 (15 points)

4th: iamsa8 – Red Bull +1:04.667 (12 points)

5th: Electrolite – Sauber +2:01.481 (10 points)

6th: slr – Mercedes +1 Lap (8 points)

7th: Ads21 – Ferrari +1 Lap (6 points)

8th: David-A – Mercedes +1 Lap (4 points)

9th: Silverkeg – Force India +1 Lap (2 points)

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Collantine Cup Standings:

After 2 of 8 Rounds:

1st: ed24f1 – Lotus 50

2nd: damonsmedley – Red Bull 33

3rd: Magnificent Geoffrey – Sauber 30

4th: iamsa8 – Red Bull 27

5th: Electrolite – Sauber 20

6th: slr – Mercedes 16

7th: Silverkeg – Force India 8

8th: Ads21 – Ferrari 6

9th: jonnyw360f1 – Lotus 4

= David-A – Mercedes 4

11th: Ratboy – Williams 2

12th: supernicebob – McLaren 1

13th: Spud – Renault 0

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Morland Mug Standings:

After 2 of 8 Rounds:

1st: Red Bull 60

2nd: Lotus 54

3rd: Sauber 50

4th: Mercedes 20

5th: Force India 8

6th: Ferrari 6

7th: Williams 2

8th: McLaren 1

9th: Renault 0

Yeah, what are you talking about?…

Qualifying:
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My lap was reasonably good, I maybe could’ve got a few more tenths out in the final sector. I was on the prime tyres, so pole was a nice surprise. I knew I was in a good position from then on, as my race pace is always stronger than my qualifying pace. I basically did an identical lap to my qualifying time in the other F1Fanatic league race earlier today, so at least I was consistent! I think already having a 40% race and qualifying under my belt today certainly helped me in this race.

Race:
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I got a very good start, and was clear into Turn 1 with no danger from behind. From there, I was able to instantly build a gap, and from then on, was just basically maintaining the gap for the rest of the race. I pitted on Lap 8, which gave the lead to Geoff for one lap, which unfortunately cost me the grand chelem! :P I went with primes again, before putting the options on on Lap 16.

During the race, there were few particularly eventful moments, but I kept myself interested through trying to improve my fastest lap, and I ended up doing a better lap in the race than in qualifying. Getting through the lapped traffic gave me no major problems, although catching them in the slow parts of the track made me a little nervous as to whether they had seen me or not. For example, I passed one lapped car when they went wide, so I was hoping they knew I was there and didn’t just sweep back onto the racing line.

This actually isn’t the worst track to drive, but there are some quite frustrating parts. Turn 17 is surprisingly challenging to get the braking right for, I think I locked my brakes there on about half of the laps. I always focus on having a very stable setup that is good in the corners, and I think that was useful today. In F1 2011, you can find a good compromise between top speed and downforce.

Thanks for the nice comments.